Archive for August, 2007
It’s Not Just the Environment
photo: Melissa Farlow / National Geographic Though I’ve written about the environment here many times, most notably ANWR, I don’t consider myself an environmentalist. It’s not that I don’t care about the environment, of course I do, but there are only so many hours in the day, and so many -ists one can choose to [...]
George Bush Still Does Not Care About Black People
Posting is going to continue to be light as Sarabeth is still on vacation and I have arrived in New Orleans. Today I’m headed back to the Ninth Ward and Lakeview to take a look at the effects of the last year. A few shots from Sunday’s walk through the Garden District are on Flickr. [...]
Gone-Zo
Adios, douchebag: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Let me be as clear as I can: No replacement gets confirmed until Congress gets every last document [...]
Lights Out
The D3 FX format CMOS imaging sensor was designed from the ground up to offer exceptional light transmission properties, so photographers can acquire outstanding image quality even in low light conditions. With a high signal to noise ratio, a pixel pitch 15% larger than competitive cameras, gapless surface micro-lenses and advanced on-chip noise reduction means [...]
Another Candidate for the Expanded Death Penalty
Owner of the Crandall Canyon Utah coal mine Bob Murray: “Had I known that this evil mountain, this alive mountain, would do what it did, I would never have sent the miners in here,†he said. “I’ll never go near that mountain again. It’s alive and it’s evil.†This from the man who racked up [...]
Rappers Goin’ Broke Tryin to Keep Up With Me
“It’s nine five, i survive, hard shit is still real You know sex, money, drugs, death, the whole ordeal Murderers to kill, Alizé makes me ill Jump in my rocket to the moon, spark an L and just chill I got to own stocks and bonds, kid, just because i want ‘em And million dollar [...]
Look Kids! Big Ben! Parliament!
Oh, Patrick Leahy. What are we going to do with you? You write letters with deadlines. You write more letters with new deadlines. Then you do it all again. In a story that was just posted on the New York Times website, but could have been written at any point over the last three months, [...]
The Underground Sound
Transferring all my files to my new Mac shook loose a few classics. Eddie Amador – House Music (Unreleased ’99 mix) and for Jamie and Sam: Lemon D – This is Los Angeles Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Naked Raygun
Saint Ronald Reagan (5/17/1986): “A moment I’ve been dreading. George brought his ne’re-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never [...]
No Shame
Despite the fact that 1115.org world headquarters (my palatial imitation apartment) is within sight of YouTube world headquarters here in sunny San Bruno, CA, I don’t have much use for posting or watching (with just one exception) video online. Something about the grainy video, compressed sound, and inability to download just doesn’t work for me. [...]